virka
Estonian edit
Adjective edit
virka
Faroese edit
Verb edit
virka (third person singular past indicative virkaði, third person plural past indicative virkað, supine virkað)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of virka (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | virka | |
supine | virkað | |
participle (a6)1 | virkandi | virkaður |
present | past | |
first singular | virki | virkaði |
second singular | virkar | virkaði |
third singular | virkar | virkaði |
plural | virka | virkaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | virka! | |
plural | virkið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably borrowed from Old Swedish virke, with possible influence from Etymology 2 with which it has been equated in the past.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
virka
- post, position, office, public office (public sector work)
- olla virassa / hoitaa virkaa ― to hold an office
- astua virkaan ― to assume one's office/post/responsibilities/duties, to be inaugurated/installed/inducted into office
- asettaa virkaan ― to inaugurate into office, install into office, induct into office
- purpose, point, function
Declension edit
Inflection of virka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | virka | virat | ||
genitive | viran | virkojen | ||
partitive | virkaa | virkoja | ||
illative | virkaan | virkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | virka | virat | ||
accusative | nom. | virka | virat | |
gen. | viran | |||
genitive | viran | virkojen virkainrare | ||
partitive | virkaa | virkoja | ||
inessive | virassa | viroissa | ||
elative | virasta | viroista | ||
illative | virkaan | virkoihin | ||
adessive | viralla | viroilla | ||
ablative | viralta | viroilta | ||
allative | viralle | viroille | ||
essive | virkana | virkoina | ||
translative | viraksi | viroiksi | ||
abessive | viratta | viroitta | ||
instructive | — | viroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
- koiranvirka
- kunniavirka
- laiskanvirka
- lääkärinvirka
- ministerinvirka
- opettajanvirka
- opetusvirka
- pakastevirka
- papinvirka
- pappisvirka
- piispanvirka
- presidentinvirka
- professorinvirka
- sihteerinvirka
- sivuvirka
- sotilasvirka
- tuomarinvirka
- tutkijanvirka
- viraltapano
- viranhaku
- viranhakupaperi
- viranhaltija
- viranhoitaja
- viranomainen
- viranomaistehtävä
- viranomaistoimi
- viransijainen
- viransijaisuus
- virantoimitus
- virantäyttö
- virassaoloaika
- virkaa toimittava
- virka-aika
- virkaanasettajaiset
- virkaanastujaisesitelmä
- virkaanastujaiset
- virkaanastujaispuhe
- virka-ansiomerkki
- virka-apu
- virka-arvo
- virka-asema
- virka-asia
- virka-asteikko
- virka-asu
- virka-asunto
- virkaatoimittava
- virkaehto
- virkaehtosopimus
- virkaeläke
- virkaero
- virkaheitto
- virkahuone
- virkaikä
- virkainto
- virkaintoinen
- virkaintoisesti
- virkakausi
- virkakieli
- virkakielto
- virkakieltojärjestelmä
- virkakoneisto
- virkalakki
- virkaleima
- virkamatka
- virkamerkki
- virkamiehistö
- virkamies
- virkamieshallitus
- virkamiesjärjestö
- virkamieskunta
- virkamieslakko
- virkamiesmäinen
- virkanainen
- virkanimike
- virkanimitys
- virkapuhelu
- virkapuku
- virkapukuinen
- virkarakenne
- virkarikos
- virkasalaisuus
- virkasisar
- virkasuhde
- virkasuhteinen
- virkasyyte
- virkasääntö
- virkatalo
- virkatehtävä
- virkateitse
- virkatie
- virkatodistus
- virkatoimenpide
- virkatoimi
- virkatoveri
- virkatutkinto
- virkatyö
- virkaura
- virkavakuutus
- virkavala
- virkavalta
- virkavaltainen
- virkavaltaisesti
- virkavaltaisuus
- virkavapaa
- virkavapaus
- virkavastuu
- virkaveli
- virkavelvollisuus
- virkavirhe
- virkavuosi
- virkaylennys
- yliopistovirka
Further reading edit
- “virka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Finnic *virka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian verdze).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
virka (dialectal)
Declension edit
Inflection of virka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | virka | virat | ||
genitive | viran | virkojen | ||
partitive | virkaa | virkoja | ||
illative | virkaan | virkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | virka | virat | ||
accusative | nom. | virka | virat | |
gen. | viran | |||
genitive | viran | virkojen virkainrare | ||
partitive | virkaa | virkoja | ||
inessive | virassa | viroissa | ||
elative | virasta | viroista | ||
illative | virkaan | virkoihin | ||
adessive | viralla | viroilla | ||
ablative | viralta | viroilta | ||
allative | viralle | viroille | ||
essive | virkana | virkoina | ||
translative | viraksi | viroiksi | ||
abessive | viratta | viroitta | ||
instructive | — | viroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
compounds
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
virka
- inflection of virkkaa:
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
virka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative virkaði, supine virkað)
- (intransitive) to work, to function
Conjugation edit
virka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að virka | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
virkað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
virkandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég virka | við virkum | present (nútíð) |
ég virki | við virkum |
þú virkar | þið virkið | þú virkir | þið virkið | ||
hann, hún, það virkar | þeir, þær, þau virka | hann, hún, það virki | þeir, þær, þau virki | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég virkaði | við virkuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég virkaði | við virkuðum |
þú virkaðir | þið virkuðuð | þú virkaðir | þið virkuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það virkaði | þeir, þær, þau virkuðu | hann, hún, það virkaði | þeir, þær, þau virkuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
virka (þú) | virkið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
virkaðu | virkiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Derived terms edit
- virkni (“activity, action, function”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
virka
- inflection of virke:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse virkja, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną.
Verb edit
virka (present virkar, preterite virkade, supine virkat, imperative virka)
- to crochet
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of virka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | virka | virkas | ||
Supine | virkat | virkats | ||
Imperative | virka | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | virken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | virkar | virkade | virkas | virkades |
Ind. plural1 | virka | virkade | virkas | virkades |
Subjunctive2 | virke | virkade | virkes | virkades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | virkande | |||
Past participle | virkad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |